Posted on 05/26/2018 8:04:13 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Two South Florida McDonald's customers think the fast-food giant is being awfully cheesy with how it charges customers for a signature item that has been on its menu since 1975.
According to a class-action lawsuit filed in Fort Lauderdale federal court on May 8, Cynthia Kissner, of Broward County, and Leonard Werner, of Miami-Dade, say they have had to pay for cheese they don't want on their Quarter Pounder sandwiches.
The suit asks for at least $5 million.
It comes down to this: On the menu, a hamburger at Micky D's is cheaper than a cheeseburger.
According to the lawsuit, filed by Andrew Lavin of the Miami-based Lavin Law Group, McDonald's used to sell four items in the Quarter Pounder family, with and without cheese, with prices adjusted accordingly — about .30 to .90 cents more for cheese than without.
This practice continued for years, the suit says, but now McDonald's, "at some point," ceased "separately displaying these products for purchase on menus, and currently lists the availability of Quarter Pounder with Cheese and Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese."
As a result, the suit claims, "customers have been forced, and continue to be overcharged for these products, by being forced to pay for two slices of cheese, which they do not want, order, or receive, to be able to purchase their desired product."
Having to pay for cheese they do not receive because they asked that it be held off of the burgers, well, they are not "lovin' it," to borrow from McDonald's current slogan.
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
Heh.
Again, stocks are cyclical. Doesn't project long-term growth.
Their all day breakfast is doing well for them.
Gas station chains such as Sheetz will cut into that. I get my coffee and breakfast sandwich from Kwik Trip, which is cheaper and faster than McDonald's.
Have ya tried the gas station Sushi? Really good, and marked down after a few days.
Pasteurized processed “cheese product”.
I’d guess if the attorneys didn’t think the cheeseheads had a case, they would have never taken it. Some lunatic attorneys get big paydays on class actions.
Five million bucks for a slice of McDonald’s “cheese”? ROTFL! I guess they could win if they get the right morons on the “jury”.
But sue? That's nuts.
Micky D makes a settlement deal to give each person named in the complaint either two free burgers without cheese or the cash equivalent and list the item separately in the future. The lawyers who represent the "winners" have written into the settlement that the "winners" actually can only get one burger and the cash equivalent for one burger minus their cut.
What a damn waste caused by stupid little SJWs the majority of whom probably don't buy a burger at McDonald's very often anyway.
Correct. See the Subway pricing model wrt the “options”.
Public hanging to serve as notice.
I used to order a Quarter Pounder with cheese and nothing else.
No ketchup, no mustard, no onions, no pickles, just ‘naked’.
Not only did they happily make it, it was always fresh and juicy, opposed to the dry things left under the heat lights.
Cheddar? Not much call for it around here.
Just looking at that screen shot makes me nauseous.
It’s the single most popular cheese in the world?!
Still funny.
Because, you know, somebody put a Gun to their Heads and made them go to McDonalds and order a Quarter Pounder.
Because, you know, nobody else on the Planet sells Hamburgers.
They aren’t being “forced” to do anything; if you don’t like the burgers that McDonald’s offers, go somewhere else, or stay home and make your own.
This lawsuit is like me suing Five Guys because Obummer likes them best.
I haven’t purchased anything from McDonald’s since 1973, and doubt I ever will. I’d have to be desperate.
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